新核心大学英语B版听说教程3Unit 1

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Unit 1 The Age of Robots

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Learning objectives

In this unit you will: 1. learn about the major principles of robotics and its latest applications in everyday life; 2. familiarize yourself with the words and expressions related to the theme of the unit; 3. practice communication skills used in a conference; 4. enhance listening skills through non-theme-related audio and video materials; 5. use knowledge about words and sentences to prepare for a lecture.

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Part I Theme-Related Activities

Part II Listening Strategies

Part III Extensive Listening Part IV Communication Skills

Part V Assessment Log

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Part I Theme-Related Activities Section I Section II Section III Lecture I Lecture II (Part I) Lecture II (Part II)

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Unit 1 》Part I 》Section I 》Lead-in questions

Lead-in questions:

1. What do you know of robots? 2. What are your expectations of a robot with emotions?

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Unit 1 》Part I 》Section I 》Word Bank

Word Bank

empathize / emp θa z/ v. converge /k n v d / v. conversational / k nv se nl/ 有同感；产生共鸣；表同情 相交，会合；十分相似，相同 非正式的；用于交谈的；口语 的 人形机器人 按等级划分的；等级制度的 （皮肤上的）毛孔 大分子

adj.

android / ndr d/ n. hierarchical / ha rɑ k k l/ adj. pore /p (r)/ n. macro-molecular /m kr m lekj l / n.

nanoscale / n n ske l/ n.

porosity /p r s ti/ n. the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

纳米级

渗透（性）；多孔（性） 韩国高等科学技术学院

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Unit 1 》Part I 》Section I 》Word Bank

the Machine Perception Laboratory at the U.C. San Diego

加州大学圣迭戈分校的机械感 知 实验室

emulate / emj le t/ v.

empathetic / mp θ t k/ adj. devastating / dev ste t / adj.

仿真；模仿

了解别人感受的 令人震惊的 Wired 杂志所举办的发明大展 直觉的；可以靠直觉得知的 接口程序

Wired NextFest

intuitive / n tju t v/ n. Interface / nt fe s/ n.

spooky / spu ki/ adj.

spokesbot / sp ksb t/ n.

怪异吓人的

发言机器人，机器人代表（仿 spokesman）

spec /spek/ v.

规则

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Unit 1 》Part I 》Section I 》Notes

Notes

1. About the author David Hanson merges robotics and art to design lifelike, social robots that can mimic human expression and emotion. 2. About this talk David Hanson’s robot faces look and act like yours: They recognize and respond to emotion, and make expressions of their own. Here, an “emotional” live demo of the Einstein robot offers a peek at a future where robots truly mimic humans.

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Unit 1 》Part I 》Section I 》Task 1

Task 1 Watch the video clip and then decide whether the following statements are true or false. F 1. Dr. David Hanson’s new type of robot is power___ consuming and heavy. F 2. The new type of robot was developed exclusively in ___ the United States. T 3. According to Dr. Hanson, robot perception of huma

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新核心大学英语B版,听说教程3,答案

新核心大学英语B版,听说教程3,答案

新核心大学英语B版,听说教程3,答案

新核心大学英语B版,听说教程3,答案

新核心大学英语B版,听说教程3,答案

新核心大学英语B版,听说教程3,答案